Criminal Law

Although defendant said the ammunition in his antique gun did not support his conviction as a felon illegally possessing ammunition, he presented no evidence to support his affirmative defense; however, the 4th Circuit vacates his sentence because his Maryland conviction ...

The Court of Appeals affirms revoking defendant’s suspended sentence and parole for his 2007 grand larceny conviction; the sentencing judge properly considered five new crimes defendant committed after his 2007 sentencing, before a 2011 revocation proceeding for noncompliance with supervision ...

In successive appeals of his two jury trial convictions for violent-felon firearm possession, the Court of Appeals rejects defendant’s double jeopardy argument: the gun defendant threw running from police and the gun found at his mother’s home were separate offenses ...

On remand from the Supreme Court of Virginia, a majority of the Court of Appeals affirms defendant’s jury trial convictions and 30-year prison sentence for aggravated sexual battery and inanimate sexual penetration of his five-year old stepdaughter; the trial court ...

An Abingdon U.S. District Court orders defendant to pay over $1.2 million in restitution pursuant to his plea agreement. In his written plea agreement, defendant agreed to pay restitution for the entire scope of his criminal conduct, including, but not ...

Although plaintiff requests return of two firearms the government seized from the residence she shares with her husband and the country store she operates on property she owns with her husband, who was arrested as a felon in possession of ...

A police officer entering a home in response to a tip that a contractor found a residential door standing open, could rely on both the exigent circumstances and community caretaker exceptions to the warrant requirement for his entry into the ...

A Roanoke U.S. District Court certifies for extradition a Bosnian citizen wanted by Bosnia for war crimes against civilians allegedly committed when he served as a prison guard in 1992. Almaz Nezirovic is wanted by Bosnia for trial on the ...

Although defendant claims she could not be sentenced as a leader in a scheme to recruit people to cash hundreds of phony Comdata Comcheks at Wal-Mart stores, and should not be held accountable for the entire loss but only for ...

A defendant convicted of rape and capital murder is not entitled to habeas relief on multiple claims including claims of alleged ineffective assistance of counsel related to DNA testing, juror voir dire and petitioner’s claims of brain damage and post-traumatic ...